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Anthemius of Tralles : a study in later Greek geometry
ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES (c. 474-534) Anthemius conducted early experiments in light. This Byzantine-Greek polymath and architect investigated the effects
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of the Camera Obscura. Having examined optics, he illustrated a primitive light-ray diagram he constructed. Anthemius wrote his treatise ‘On Burning Glasses’ meaning to aid the construction of a surface designed to reflect light to a single point. Anthemius of Tralles' primitive diagram on p6 of light-rays reflected with a plane mirror through the hole (this Huxley translation). --Paul Burns PhD THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF CINEMATOGRAPHY An Illustrated Chronological History of the Development of Motion Pictures Leading to the Discovery of Cinematography in the 1800s http://precinemahistory.net https://archive.org/details/precinemahistory.net https://youtu.be/jF8pWCPdsWM Follow Us @RealPreCinema